15 Brits must be Executed...

Iran delays Navy woman's release due to UK's 'incorrect attitude'

The release of kidnapped British sailor Faye Turney is on hold after Iran accused Britain of having an "incorrect attitude".

The hostage crisis also took a sinister new turn as a hate mob in Tehran demanded that the 15 captured British Navy personnel be hanged.

Protesters waved placards demanding "15 British aggressors must be executed" outside the foreign ministry.

Some comments I have gotten on this on another forum...

Nappy - if they do execute them, it is more likely US will have an ally in their next away match
MikGof - If they do then it is WAR. Plain and simple. America is free to join us if it likes. In fact I don't think that it could possibly get that far. In any conflict we would win once the velvet gloves are taken off. And if any of our service men and woman are killed they would be taken off. Our leaders couldn't do anything else. To do otherwise would mean the immediate end of their political careers.
IBF -No risk taking in the modern EU navy. No guts, no daring, no flair. If you just turned the small craft around and headed back to your own ship, what's the Iranians gonna do, machine gun them all? Bollocks. If you quickly clambered back onto the merchant ship and barricaded yourself in the bowels while radioing for assistance from Cornwell, mere 5 minutes away, would the Iranians have gone after them in a blaze of bullets? Bollocks again.

Which reminds me of these thoughts on the preparation of civilians for war.  Notice the headscarf the Iranians required the female sailor to wear (against Geneva accords)...



Hopefully this will end satisfactorily.  In 2004 the Iranians paraded captured Brits blindfolded on their TV before releasing them after 3 days.  All the same actors are present, but Iran seems a bit more truculent this time.